[Python-ideas] Integrate some itertools into the Python syntax

[João Bernardo]

On Mon, Mar 21, 2016 at 8:06 PM, Michel Desmoulin <desmoulinmichel at gmail.com
> wrote:

> Itertools is great, and some functions in it are more used than others:
>
> - islice;
> - chain;
> - dropwhile, takewhile;
>

I like how dropwhile and takewhile could be easily integrated with list
comprehensions / generator expressions:

[x for x in range(10) while x < 5]      # takewhile
[x for x in range(10) not while x < 5]  # dropwhile
[x for x in range(10) from x >= 5]      # forward thinking dropwhile

I believe this is almost plain english without creating new keywords.

Regards
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